Cobán Imperial

Cobán Imperial

Full name	CSD Cobán Imperial
Nickname(s)	Príncipes Azules (Blue Princes)
Founded	1924
Ground	Estadio José Ángel Rossi, Cobán, Guatemala
Capacity	15,000
Chairman	Carlos Chavarría
Manager	Rafael Díaz
League	Liga Mayor de Guatemala
Home colours Away colours

Club Social y Deportivo Cobán Imperial, nicknamed Los Príncipes Azules ("The Blue Princes"), is a Guatemalan football club based in Cobán, Alta Verapaz. They play their home games in the Estadio Verapaz.

It's one of the traditional clubs of Guatemala, the club became league champions for the first time in 2004, when they defeated Municipal in the Clausura tournament final.^[1] The club was relegated from Liga Mayor after losing a play-off to Zacapa and spent 2007 until 2014 in the Primera División Group "A" or "B". Following a win over Deportivo Mictlán in May 2015, Coban was promoted to the Liga Mayor where they currently play.^[2]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player DF Denis Chen DF Kevin Fajardo FW Florencio Martínez FW Juan José Valenzuela FW Robin Betancourth César Alegría Hugo Paz Fredy Ventura Edson de León Mario Estrada Juan José Molina Oscar Canchan Luis César de León

No. Position Player Luis Alberto Flores Elmer Padilla Elton Brown Gilmar Pérez Harlin Figueroa Ludwin Flores Marvin de Paz Sergio Maltez Denis Rosales Alex Ellington Anibal Morales Edi Guerra William Escobedo

List of Coaches

• Rubén Amorín (1979)
• Julio César Cortés (1997–98)
• Héctor Trujillo (2000–01)
• Luís López Meneses (2001)
• Julio González (2003)
• Mario Reig (2004)
• Julio César Antúnez (2007–08)
• Carlos de Toro (2010)
• Garabet Avedissian (2010–11)

External links

• Official Site (Spanish)

References

1. Guatemala 2003/04 - RSSSF
2. - RSSSF